On 09/18/19 at about 1:03 pm the POINT Team (Polk County Inter Agency Narcotics Team) was conducting follow up to an ongoing drug investigation in the Edgewater St area of West Salem.    The team attempted to take a male into custody inside the Goodwill Store, located at 585 Edgewater St and a shot was fired during the arrest.  The involved male was deceased at the scene. The name of the deceased nor the name of involved officer will be released at this time.  

As per Polk County’s Use of Deadly Force Response Plan (SB 111 protocol), the Sheriff’s Office in consultation with the Polk County District Attorney’s Office asked the Salem Police Department if they would handle the investigation, as members of the POINT team were involved in the incident.  The POINT team is supervised by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and consists of detectives from the Sheriff’s Office, the Dallas, Monmouth and Independence Police Departments, Oregon State Police along with prosecution support from the Polk County District Attorney’s Office.  

Any further media requests should be directed at the Salem Police Department.